National health policies and strategies for addressing chronic kidney disease

Data from the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas

Bibliographic Data

ID19590918
AuthorsBrendon L Neuen (0000-0001-9276-8380, Royal North Shore Hospital, corresponding author), Aminu K Bello (0000-0001-5021-5542, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Adeera Levin (0000-0003-2438-8401, University of British Columbia, corresponding author), Meaghan Lunney (0000-0003-4954-0529, University of Calgary, corresponding author), Mohamed A Osman (0000-0001-8151-0608, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Feng Ye (0000-0002-1147-3271, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Gloria E Ashuntantang, Gloria Ashuntantang (Yaoundé General Hospital, corresponding author), Ezequiel Bellorin-Font (Saint Louis University, corresponding author), Mohammed Benghanem Gharbi (0000-0003-2209-4071, University of Hassan II Casablanca, corresponding author), Sara N Davison (0000-0003-4513-6449, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Sara Davison, Mohammad Ghnaimat (0000-0002-6986-0960, Specialty Hospital, Jordan, corresponding author), Paul Harden (0000-0002-3164-6360, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, corresponding author), Vivekanand Jha (0000-0002-8015-9470, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, corresponding author), Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (0000-0002-8666-0725), Kamyar Kalantar‐Zadeh (University of California, Irvine Medical Center, corresponding author), Peter G Kerr (0000-0002-3178-849X, Monash University, corresponding author), Scott Klarenbach (0000-0002-8611-1056, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Csaba P Kovesdy (0000-0002-8204-911X, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, corresponding author), Valerie Luyckx, Valerie A Luyckx (0000-0001-7066-8135, Brigham and Women's Hospital, corresponding author), Shahrzad Ossareh (0000-0003-3020-9465, Iran University of Medical Sciences, corresponding author), Jeffrey Perl (0000-0002-0008-7623, St. Michael's Hospital, corresponding author), Harun Ur Rashid (0000-0003-0874-7590, Child Health Research Foundation, corresponding author), Éric Rondeau (0000-0002-3743-9215, Sorbonne Université, corresponding author), Emily J See, Emily See (0000-0003-4436-4319, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author), Syed Saad (0000-0003-2059-7927, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Laura Sola (0000-0002-2603-0318, corresponding author), Irma Tchokhonelidze (0000-0003-2303-6631, Tbilisi State Medical University, corresponding author), Vladimir Tesar, Vladimı́r Tesař (0000-0001-6982-0689, Charles University, corresponding author), Kriang Tungsanga (0000-0003-4990-9306, Chulalongkorn University, corresponding author), Rümeyza Kazancıoğlu (0000-0003-1217-588X, Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi, corresponding author), Rumeyza Turan Kazancioglu, Angela Yee‐moon Wang (0000-0003-2508-7117, Queen Mary Hospital, corresponding author), Chih-Wei Yang, Chih‐wei Yang (0000-0001-7904-0395, Chang Gung University, corresponding author), Alexander Zemchenkov (0000-0002-4590-3380, First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg, corresponding author), Ming-hui Zhao, Ming‐Hui Zhao (0000-0003-3340-3108, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, corresponding author), Kitty J Jager (0000-0003-0444-8569, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, corresponding author), Fergus J Caskey, Fergus Caskey (0000-0002-5199-3925, North Bristol NHS Trust, corresponding author), Vlado Perkovic (0000-0002-4257-7620, UNSW Sydney, corresponding author), Kailash K Jindal, Kailash Jindal (University of Alberta, corresponding author), Ikechi G Okpechi (0000-0002-6545-9715, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Marcello Tonelli (0000-0002-0846-3187, University of Calgary, corresponding author), John Feehally (University of Leicester, corresponding author), David C Harris (0000-0001-9828-7713), David C H Harris (0000-0003-0182-0556, The University of Sydney, corresponding author), David W Johnson (0000-0001-5491-3460, Translational Research Institute, corresponding author)
EditorsPanniyammakal Jeemon (0000-0003-4172-4307)
Year2023
Volume3
Issue2
Pagese0001467
Publication date2023-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePLOS Global Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2767-3375 • E-ISSN: 2767-3375
PublisherPublic Library of Science (PLoS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1371/journal.pgph.0001467
PMID36963092
OpenAlexW4318765551
LanguageEN
References cited25

National strategies for addressing chronic kidney disease (CKD) are crucial to improving kidney health. We sought to describe country-level variations in non-communicable disease (NCD) strategies and CKD-specific policies across different regions and income levels worldwide. The International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas (GKHA) was a multinational cross-sectional survey conducted between July and October 2018. Responses from key opinion leaders in each country regarding national NCD strategies, the presence and scope of CKD-specific policies, and government recognition of CKD as a health priority were described overall and according to region and income level. 160 countries participated in the GKHA survey, comprising 97.8% of the world’s population. Seventy-four (47%) countries had an established national NCD strategy, and 53 (34%) countries reported the existence of CKD-specific policies, with substantial variation across regions and income levels. Where CKD-specific policies existed, non-dialysis CKD care was variably addressed. 79 (51%) countries identified government recognition of CKD as a health priority. Low- and low-middle income countries were less likely to have strategies and policies for addressing CKD and have governments which recognise it as a health priority. The existence of CKD-specific policies, and a national NCD strategy more broadly, varied substantially across different regions around the world but was overall suboptimal, with major discrepancies between the burden of CKD in many countries and governmental recognition of CKD as a health priority. Greater recognition of CKD within national health policy is critical to improving kidney healthcare globally

Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Global health · Health care · Kidney disease · Pathology · Population · Public health · Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes · Dialysis and Renal Disease Management · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Health Policy · Internal Medicine · Nephrology